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The Greatest Sondheim Song
The Greatest Sondheim Song#25
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:15am
A Little Priest
Leading Actor Joined: 5/11/04
The Greatest Sondheim Song#27
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:38am
Greatest? Who am I to say. Favorite? I can make a more confident selection: "Glamorous Life" (ideally as sung by Audra Mac!)
The Greatest Sondheim Song#28
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:43am
Greatest?, I'm not sure. Comedy Tonight is pretty magnificent. The most moving for me is "Not while I'm around"
The Greatest Sondheim Song#29
Posted: 9/3/15 at 9:54am
Robbie- that's such a good choice! Is there any part of that song that is NOT a joy to sing? Surely our mutual, music-savvy friend pointed out to you Charlotte's part in the conclusion of the song?
My kneejerk reaction to the question is "No One is Alone." But I think the answer will vary day to day.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#30
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:03am
Kad, what song is a joy to sing? whos robbie?
The Greatest Sondheim Song#31
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:04am
Kad,
He hasn't pointed it out to me! Now I'm dying to know! Someone once joked that I should do a one-man version of WEEKEND at Sondheim Unplugged. I've given consideration, but damn...it's like climbing Everest.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#32
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:05am
oh i completely missed the first page of this thread!
I like Im Still Here
The Greatest Sondheim Song#33
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:07am
A Weekend in the Country is too much for me. so much drama. Not even operas are that crazy
The Greatest Sondheim Song#34
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:25am
Robbie-
Charlotte's part is simply, "Uninvited. Uninvited. We should have stayed in town."
The Greatest Sondheim Song#35
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:45am
<<< My obvious answer, but also my heartfelt answer.
I am hiding in a tree.
I'm a fragment of the day.
If I weren't, who's to say
Things would happen here the way
That they happened here?
The Greatest Sondheim Song#36
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:47am
I actually thought of you when I saw this thread, Tree2.
Someone in a Tree is a brilliant piece on so many levels.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#37
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:54am
^ :).
Thanks, Tazber. You and your adorable kittens have always had great taste :).
Broadway Star Joined: 12/27/11
The Greatest Sondheim Song#38
Posted: 9/3/15 at 10:55am
"Beautiful" – Sunday in the Park With George
re: so much drama. Not even operas are that crazy. This, from Philly "I'm leaving the boards!" pinto.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#39
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:10am
I'm not sure what "greatest" means...most favorite? most effective? most influential? most sophisticated musically or lyrically or both?
But I would have to give the "greatest" title to "All Things Bright and Beautiful," the deleted song from Follies that became the haunting melody we all know from the Follies Prologue. Here it is, on the Paper Mill recording, such by Donna McKechnie and Laurence Guittard:
The Greatest Sondheim Song#40
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:14am
^ I ALMOST went with that. Seriously. But I decided I couldn't in good conscience give it to a cut song (hence my leaving Uptown/Downtown out of consideration even though it's contains what may well be my favorite Sondheim lyric.)
The Greatest Sondheim Song#41
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:17am
Ha! Uptown/Downtown was also one of my choices at first too.
I also decided not to go with a trunk song though.
It's a brilliant song.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#43
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:32am
Someone recently tried to tell me that my new club act should be only cut songs from FOLLIES.
My Foxtrot would be definitive.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#44
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:34am
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE has meant more to me that any other SONDHEIM...
The Greatest Sondheim Song#45
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:37am
Move On. It's one of those rare songs that can reduce me to tears every time I hear it, no matter the setting. Just the other day I was on the subway when it came on my ipod and Jenna Russell had me hiding my tears from the other riders. It's allergies, I swear!
The Greatest Sondheim Song#46
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:42amRobbie, who would you sing Pleasant Little Kingdom with? Molly Pope?
The Greatest Sondheim Song#47
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:44am
Robbie what is your act? who are you?
The Greatest Sondheim Song#48
Posted: 9/3/15 at 11:45am
Oh, but yes, Kad. And then our COUNTRY HOUSE will be...extreme.
The Greatest Sondheim Song#49
Posted: 9/3/15 at 12:47pm
^ Finally, that musical version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? we've all been waiting for!
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